{"product_id":"this-aint-no-disco-the-story-of-cbgb-paperback-book","title":"THIS AIN'T NO DISCO: THE STORY OF CBGB - PAPERBACK - BOOK","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOriginally published in 1988 and out of print for decades, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThis Ain't No Disco\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e tells the real story of CBGB, the birthplace and incubator of American punk and new wave music. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThe Ramones, Blondie, Television, Talking Heads\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and many other rock greats all got their starts there.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWritten by a club regular well before the legend overtook the reality (while CBGB was still open and most of its principals alive), this is an honest, opinionated, outrageous, hilarious document of 15 years of late, loud nights at CBGB, with memories, stories and gossip from dozens of people who played, worked or just hung out in the long, dark club on the Bowery in New York City.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis new edition adds a new foreword by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eChris Frantz\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eTalking Heads\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, a new selection of photographs by the acclaimed \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eEbet Roberts\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and archival reporting by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eIra Robbins\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e about the club's closing in 2006.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEXCLUSIVE INTERVIEWS WITH:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eHilly Kristal\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (CBGB founder), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eJoey Ramone\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eDee Dee Ramone\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (Ramones), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eClem Burke\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eChris Stein\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (Blondie), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eDavid Byrne\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (Talking Heads), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eJim Carroll\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eWilly DeVille\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (Mink DeVille), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eAnnie Golden\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (Shirts), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eRichard Hell\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eRichard Lloyd\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (Television), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eLenny Kaye\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (Patti Smith Group), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eHandsome Dick Manitoba\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (Dictators), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eWendy O. Williams\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (Plasmatics) and many others.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ROCK \u0026 ROLL HALL OF FAME BOOKSTORE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46664875638953,"sku":"9798989828333-R","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0515\/5982\/5577\/files\/THIS_AIN_T_NO_DISCO-THE_STORY_OF_CBGB-PAPERBACK-BOOK.jpg?v=1765302700","url":"https:\/\/shop.rockhall.com\/es\/products\/this-aint-no-disco-the-story-of-cbgb-paperback-book","provider":"Rock \u0026 Roll Hall of Fame Museum Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}